Asthma

Fight temptation with friends

“One boxcar is equivalent to three packs of cigarettes," jokes John Turner. As a lifetime smoker, starting when he was 12, John had tried to quit more than 20 times. But a friendship with a tobacco specialist who visited John while he was in the hospital gave him the extra support he needed to quit. Now John is spending his money and time on building model trains. Read John’s story.

Is pain holding you back?

Take your life back through medical massage and acupuncture at Lifestyle Health at CentraCare. These natural options can treat many conditions and help you relieve pain, reduce stress and recover from injury — and they cost far less than long-term medication or surgery. Can it help you? Request an appointment or call Lifestyle Health at 320-534-3096. Gift certificates also available.

Fight temptation with friends

“One boxcar is equivalent to three packs of cigarettes," jokes John Turner. As a lifetime smoker, starting when he was 12, John had tried to quit more than 20 times. But a friendship with a tobacco specialist who visited John while he was in the hospital gave him the extra support he needed to quit. Now John is spending his money and time on building model trains. Read John’s story.

Is pain holding you back?

Take your life back through medical massage and acupuncture at Lifestyle Health at CentraCare. These natural options can treat many conditions and help you relieve pain, reduce stress and recover from injury — and they cost far less than long-term medication or surgery. Can it help you? Request an appointment or call Lifestyle Health at 320-534-3096. Gift certificates also available.

THURSDAY, Jan. 31, 2019 -- The first generic version of the widely used Advair Diskus inhaler for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

This approval "is part of our longstanding commitment to advance access to lower cost, high-quality generic alternatives," said Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

FRIDAY, Jan. 11, 2019 -- The flu season is picking up steam, with about 7 million Americans having been struck by a strain of the flu virus, health officials said Friday.

Almost half of those folks went to a doctor, while between 69,000 and 84,000 people have been hospitalized for flu-related illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new release.